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Chapter 17 - THE DIVORCE SETTLEMENT

Daniel did not fight the divorce.

Not eventually.

He kept his ownership interests.

I kept mine.

The Porsche stayed mine.

The Del Mar house remained inside Bennett Residential Holdings.

Daniel received reasonable time to relocate.

He repaid the unauthorized portion of joint funds over a negotiated period.

No dramatic financial annihilation.

I did not want one.

I wanted separation.

Clear accounts.

Clear titles.

Clear responsibility.

Daniel once asked Rebecca privately whether I could have taken far more.

Her answer reached me later.

“Yes.”

“She chose not to.”

Daniel cried when he heard that.

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I needed him unable to confuse my restraint with weakness ever again.

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